[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-rebirth-i-rejected-the-rich-yandere-lady":3,"chapter-after-rebirth-i-rejected-the-rich-yandere-lady-after-rebirth-i-rejected-the-rich-yandere-lady-chapter-134":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","After rebirth, I rejected the rich yandere lady",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1683030,2150,"Chapter 134: Chapter 102: You and her, are really childhood sweethearts, huh?_2","after-rebirth-i-rejected-the-rich-yandere-lady-chapter-134",134,"\u003Cp>In fact, if Yao Mingyue knew that Xu Musen's impressive crab peeling skills were solely developed to serve her in a past life,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she would probably be so angry that she'd flip the table on the spot upon seeing him perform this for another girl now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But to me, it's really amazing. If it weren't for you today, I might not even know what the inside of a crab looks like.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Nuannuan giggled, looking even more naive, but it gave Xu Musen an inexplicable sense of achievement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, the best thing a girl can offer a guy is emotional value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the same financial conditions, a man will definitely choose someone with a gentler personality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go ahead and eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, I don't really like eating crab.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why were you in such a hurry to nibble on it just now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's because you said you wanted to eat it, and I also wanted to help you get the crab meat. But I don't know how to crack a crab open... I think I'm really a bit clumsy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Nuannuan blushed slightly and took a sip of her milk tea with sincere simplicity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, even the mother-daughter pair was momentarily stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Am I clumsy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then are we all fools!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's all about peeling crabs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Liu Rushuang, as a bystander, saw things most clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeling her darling daughter gave to Xu Musen was like \"you can't manage without me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this little girl called An Nuannuan was more like \"I can't manage without you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly speaking, if she were a man,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she would feel pressured by the former, even a sense of defeat as if unable to lift his head in front of his own woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with the latter... even if a man were in a difficult situation, he could still find that sense of achievement from being needed and relied upon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Physiological → Safety → Social needs → Esteem → Self-actualization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wealthy woman who can financially support you can at most satisfy your physiological and safety needs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a girl who encourages you, understands you, and allows you to feel recognized and needed already fulfills the highest levels of esteem and self-actualization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chinese parents often work themselves to death for their children, precisely because of the sense of validation from being needed by their offspring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sense of achievement is the most solid psychological shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Rushuang couldn't help but draw a sharp breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the naive girl in front of her, she finally understood where her daughter had fallen short.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Yao Mingyue watched as the two flirted with each other as if no one else existed, her eyes growing hollow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Musen also felt the temperature at the dining table drop a few degrees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at the two girls and then looked down at the two plates in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yao Mingyue was staring intensely, still clutching the tool for extracting crab meat in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed as if the first bite Xu Musen took wasn't from the crab she peeled, she was ready to peel him instead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation was getting heated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Musen's gaze inadvertently caught that of Liu Rushuang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heh, you love to fan the flames so much, now there's really a fire burning!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'm sorry, Aunt Liu!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Musen smiled brilliantly, carrying his peeled crab over to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aunt Liu, you've had a busy day at work and came to see us. You should eat the crab first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he said this, Xu Musen placed the plate in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, Yao Mingyue's gaze also shifted, and seeing her mother, she couldn't help but pout her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Rushuang, seeing Xu Musen's radiant smile, also inwardly marveled at how the rascal had grown up, deftly pulling such a move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she turned to her daughter, who was eyeing the crab meat that Xu Musen had peeled, and thought how pitiful she looked...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaosen has grown up. You know how to be considerate now, not letting me see you as my son for nothing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Rushuang responded with a beaming smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've always regarded you as my elder too.\" Xu Musen was also all smiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A perfect picture of maternal affection and filial piety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Rushuang casually handed the plate of crab meat to her daughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Yao Mingyue's expression soften significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without haste, Liu Rushuang continued to speak, still smiling: \"Speaking of which, when you two were children, a betrothal was arranged between you and Ming Yue. There might really be a chance in the future...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked up simultaneously, Yao Mingyue and Xu Musen catching each other's gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, given the past relationship between the two families, a childhood betrothal wasn't out of the question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Nuannuan listened to the term, muttered it to herself, and looked at them with a slightly different emotion in her peach blossom eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aunt Liu, actually Ming Yue and I are quite happy with our current relationship. I have no plans for dating or anything of the sort,\" Xu Musen admitted without directly offending Liu Rushuang, but saying so to the woman was sufficiently face-slapping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yao Mingyue clenched the small tweezers in her hand as if she wanted to snap the silver instrument in two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her dark eyes bored into him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Rushuang paused for a moment, yet her smile didn't falter: \"Auntie understands, matters of the heart all depend on fate. Are you and Nuannuan in a romantic relationship?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the direction of the conversation shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Musen was taken aback, turning to meet An Nuannuan's clear and bright gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Nuannuan blinked, her pretty face slightly flushed, but she said not a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if leaving the decision up to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his heart, Xu Musen certainly had a good impression of An Nuannuan, and to say he liked her wouldn't be an overstatement, as she ticked all of Xu Musen's boxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having not experienced a proper romance in his past life, he truly enjoyed this current phase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for defining their relationship, he really wasn't in any rush.\u003C\u002Fp>",1027,"2026-06-06T13:36:44.620Z",1,"novelbin.me","a92f49a49ab088aae31abf1c273bfa2de5e003a3fc576cffadf38ac4f508af25","after-rebirth-i-rejected-the-rich-yandere-lady-chapter-135","after-rebirth-i-rejected-the-rich-yandere-lady-chapter-133",1091,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-rebirth-i-rejected-the-rich-yandere-lady-cover.jpg"]